Residents at partially collapsed NYCHA building offered $15 gift cards for holiday meals

Residents at the Mitchel Housing complex in Mott Haven, the site of a partial building collapse last month that left the complex without gas or water, are being offered $15 gift cards per authorized household member to purchase holiday meals.

Residents stood outside of the building at 205 Alexander Ave. on Saturday to demand more assistance ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

“The $15 doesn’t make up for it because I have no gas,” said Harriet Heyward…

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